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PATRICK KEVIN BURKE
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 28, 1947 – March 30, 1968
Service recordPatrick Kevin Burke, of Norwood, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 9
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Norwood, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1968; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Khe Sanh was under way. From 21 January 1968, North Vietnamese divisions besieged the Marine combat base at Khe Sanh and its hill outposts near the Laotian border for 77 days, while U.S. aircraft dropped some 100,000 tons of bombs around it. Operation Pegasus reached the base on 8 April. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 47E, Line 9
- ROGER THOMAS BROWNLance Corporal · March 30, 1968
- WALTER ALAN CICHONStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1968
- ROBERT EARL COLESpecialist Four · March 30, 1968
- DAVID CULP JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER JOSEPH GALLOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47E, Line 10
- GEORGE EDWARD GRUBBSCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 11
- BERT AUSTIN KEELERSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 12
- JAMES EARL MORSECorporal · Panel 47E, Line 14
- DENNIS MICHAEL POTEATStaff Sergeant · Panel 47E, Line 17
- CHARLES E SHAWSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 17
- STEPHAN MAX WIGGINSSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 18
- WILBUR LEO WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 18
From Norwood
- LAWRENCE HOWARD MITCHELLSergeant · June 16, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS FITZGERALDChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 12, 1968
- RICHARD BRIAN MURPHYLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- KEITH TERRELL LANDERSLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH SANSONESeaman · September 10, 1972
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.